github Antynea/grub-btrfs v4.7

latest releases: 4.13, 4.12, v4.11...
3 years ago

New features:

  • Adds the ability to boot on a read-only snapshot.
    Refer to the documentation
    • create a initramfs folder
    • create Arch Linux folder
    • Add HOOK/INSTALL files to generate a custom initrafms for boot on read-only snapshot for Arch Linux.
    • Add readme file to initramfs folder

Improvement:

  • Script
    • Stop script if root partition isn't btrfs filesystem.
      Add filesystem check on the root partition.
      If the filesystem isn't btrfs, stop execution.
    • Update error message for btrfs-prog.
  • Config file
    • Add new path to ignore docker subvolume.
      Many distributions now use "@" as the default subvolume.
      Add the following path "@/var/lib/docker" to ignore the docker subvolume.
      Fix: #110
    • Add 2 disctincs parameter to ignore path during run grub-mkconfig.
      GRUB_BTRFS_IGNORE_SPECIFIC_PATH=("")
      and
      GRUB_BTRFS_IGNORE_PREFIX_PATH=("")
      In specific path, only exact paths are ignored.
      In prefix path, any path starting with the specified string will be ignored.
      e.g :
      If specific path = "@", only "@" snapshot will be ignored.
      If prefix path = "@", all snapshots beginning with "@/..." will be ignored.
    • Rename "GRUB_BTRFS_DIRNAME" to "GRUB_BTRFS_GRUB_DIRNAME"
      Full path to Grub folder is now configurable (/boot is no longer hard coded).
      Warning see
    • Adds GRUB_BTRFS_BOOT_DIRNAME
      Used to detect the boot partition and the location of kernels/initrafms/microcodes

Miscellaneous:

  • Readme
    • Update Automatically update grub section.
    • Move informations of Customization section to config file.
    • Updates the documentation to be able to boot on a read-only snapshot.
  • Script
    • Update header to reflect change on Automatically update grub section.
    • Update header about read-only snapshots.
    • Remove several variables not necessary.
  • Makefile
    • Add readme file
    • Add readme file of initramfs-overlayfs
    • Add HOOK/INSTALL files for Arch Linux
    • If rmdir fails, other commands are not executed, so
      move rmdir to end of uninstall section.

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